Cumberland County man jailed on weapons charges

TRENTON -- A Millville man was sentenced to state prison today for illegally possessing three guns as a felon.

Robert C. "Clean" Woodward, 54, of Millville, former president of the Cumberland County Chapter of the Pagans motorcycle gang, was sentenced to five years in state prison without possibility of parole by Superior Court Judge John M. Waters Jr. in Cumberland County.

Woodward was convicted on May 9 of three counts of possession of weapons as a convicted felon following a seven-day jury trial before Judge Waters.

For each of the counts, the judge imposed a separate sentence of five years in prison without possibility of parole, with the three sentences to run concurrently.

Woodward was prohibited from possessing firearms under New Jersey law because of a 1974 robbery conviction in Cumberland County.

The State Police executed a search warrant on Nov. 11, 2005 at Woodward's home on South Wade Boulevard in Millville. Inside the house, State Police detectives recovered a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver, a British Bulldog .44-caliber revolver, and a 12-gauge New England Firearms single-barrel shotgun.